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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results
Photography by Robert Schoen Ipsita Dasgupta is truly a citizen of the world. The Calcutta native speaks six languages and has lived in Sudan, Cairo, Jakarta, and Manhattan, thanks in part to her father's peripatetic career as a senior executive for Energizer. Her... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Groysberg studied was whether or not star knowledge workers can move from firm to firm and remain high performers. "It was like being in search of Bigfoot - the professional... View Details
- 04 Aug 2010
- News
A Lonely Crusader
2002, Ackman shorted MBIA’s stock and bought credit default swaps betting that the firm would tank. Then he went public with his bets and a 66-page research report detailing his case. What happened next would have broken a man possessing... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
requires us to find people who want to stay with the company for the long haul." Another linchpin in Zehnder's vision also sets the firm apart from all others in the field. Clients pay for services rendered,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
On the Radar
Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Now Starring: Single Dad
WAND: With Robby, at HBS. Courtesy John Wand John Wand (MBA ’81) was about to enroll in Harvard College when his high-school sweetheart in Boise, Idaho, told him she was pregnant. The couple married and moved to Cambridge, but after a couple of years, Wand’s wife left... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Kumar Mahadeva
Cognizant provides application outsourcing services and 24/7 software project management for a small but intensely loyal client base of large U.S. and European companies. Widely praised in the business press for its innovation and growth,... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
of change. The unprecedented flood of mergers and acquisitions, the advent of the global marketplace, the stock market's dizzying rise, and the capricious fortunes of technology-based companies have made financial services a fascinating... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
Astro Arena, Star Sports, and others. Dressed in a sharp dark suit and crisp white shirt, the Thai native, 43, looks the part of impresario, although his favored attire is often jeans and a T-shirt or workout gear. Trained in Muay Thai himself, with 30 View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
An Engine of Innovation
while others will realize entrepreneurship is not for them. And so, we’ve evolved our mission so that it’s not just about people founding a venture, but also about developing the skill set and mindset for bringing innovative, entrepreneurial thinking to whatever View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 May 2023
- News
India's New Money Managers
into another obstacle: As Gupta began her career successfully setting up the trading desk for her company Navratan Capital, she found that investors would only speak with her male colleagues. Gupta persevered, founding Anand Rathi in 1994, which grew to be one of... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
Championing the HBS Fund
small Cambridge consulting firm before coming to HBS. Impressed by the Harvard Community Earning his MBA, he says, was “all I expected it to be and more.” His section experience was particularly meaningful. “I met people from all over the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954
importance of teamwork and communications skills." ADVICE TO CURRENT STUDENTS "No matter what job you take when you graduate, your first months and first couple of years will mark you. You'll be creating a reputation for yourself. If you build a good one, your View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Mind Your Manners
2012). Her clients, who are often globe-trotting managers of state-owned firms doing business in the West, "are very keen to learn about how to engage with foreigners; they want to learn an established set of rules for courteousness... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
society that somehow valued this specific ability I had.” [music] At the Seoul offices of MBK Partners, Kim contemplates shelves of Lucite trophies commemorating some of the many successful deals of the private equity firm he cofounded in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
held a memorial service for his grandmother. Since then, several members of his family have been considering returning home. “A lot of people involved in the pro-democracy movement have moved back and are making positive changes,” he... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)
In June, the School conferred its highest honors, the Distinguished Service Award and the Alumni Achievement Award, on four professors emeriti and five alumni, respectively. This is a profile of an Alumni Achievement Award honoree. When... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Thomas S. Volpe, MBA 1976
fund at HBS “to add fuel to the fire that kindles the entrepreneurial spirit.” In a career that has included leadership roles at firms such as Blyth Eastman Paine Webber, Hambrecht & Quist, and Volpe Brown Whelan & Company—as well as his... View Details
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 16 Aug 2018
- News
Working with a Giver’s Spirit
Philippine tech incubator behind a number of remarkable companies, including Ayannah, which uses social media and mobile platforms to provide digital commerce and payment services to the world’s unbanked; PawnHero, an online pawnshop that... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman